Thursday, June 28, 2007

Microsoft is testing a system called Windows Live Folders that gives computer users up to 500 megabytes of online storage for their documents and other files.

The service gives users who e-mail documents between home and work computers another way to access their files when away from home or the office. Users can choose to keep files private, share them with others or allow anyone on the web to view them.

Windows Live Folders is an indication of Microsoft's growing focus on providing online services.

Monday, June 25, 2007

Seagate is a introducing 1 Terabyte capacity disks with advanced power saving technology. These drives could save up to a quarter of the power consumed by normal drives.

The Barracuda 7200.11 is a 3.5-inch format drive that spins at 7200rpm and has a sustained data rate of 105MB/s. The interface is SATA II running at 3GB/s.

Seagate has added a power saving technology, called PowerTrim, to these drives. Their electronics are managed by new firmware and hardware that monitors what the drive is doing and switches off power to unused parts of the drive electronics.

Thursday, June 21, 2007

The man in charge of IT security for the US Homeland Security department may lose his job after the revelations that his department’s IT systems have misconfigured firewalls, suspicious botnet activity, Trojans and virus infections.

Monday, June 18, 2007

Blockbuster decided to use Sony's Blu-ray DVD format rather than HD DVD for its high definition format for DVDs. They said it would boost its inventory of the high definition discs to 1,700 stores by mid July. Blu-ray rentals are "significantly outpacing HD DVD rentals," the company said in a statement.

Blu-ray's high-definition digital technology, backed by Sony Corp., offers crisper pictures and more room for special features than current DVDs.

Thursday, June 14, 2007

The US Department of Justice and the FBI have released a statement that they have identified over one million computers who have become part of a "botnet" and have been taken over by malicious software for the purpose of sending out spam and attacking other computers.

In January, Vint Cerf estimated that 1/4 of all computers could be part of a botnet. Google researchers recently said that they looked at 4.5 million web pages and round that over 10% of them contained malware or code that attempted to install malware on a user's system.

Friday, June 01, 2007

Soloway allegedly spammed the masses in email fraud since 2003 by using hijacked computers from around the world, and covered his tracks using Chinese servers, fabricated websites and stolen identities.

In 2005, Microsoft won a $7.8 million judgment against him for his spoofing of MSN and Hotmail email addresses. Unfortunately, the $7.8 million could never be collected because Soloway’s funds and bank accounts remained elusive.